On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:06:38PM -0700, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > > I wish to buy the best (amateur) GPS for contributing to OSM. (I have > no plan to use the device for anything else other than improving OSM, > I plan to get something else for my other GPS needs.) I really care > about accuracy, being able to get a lot of high-quality tracks, and > being ultra quick with recording a waypoint. >
Trackpoints will be recorded continously to SD/MMC Card but setting
a waypoint is much more than one keypress as other GPS toys
allow.
> Reading the reviews on the wiki pages, it seems to me that Garmin
> GPSMAP 60Cx is still *the* GPS to get for OSM:
The GPSMap has a couple advantages over other devices:
- Waterproof - good for surviving a short shower
- Map Display - One can see the results of the mapping
yesterday which is good once you are not mapping
in white spaces but rather complete or verify areas.
- Long battery life.
A lot of mappers i know started with a Wintec WBT-201 which
is a matchbox size device - long battery life, 130k trackpoints,
usb, bluetooth and linux compatible (good linux ui to configure
logging settings). Those who went OSM fanatic switched to
the GPSMap 60.
Flo
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